Author: Justin Lagat
Korikwiang’s awaited debut finally happened at the 2022 Adidas Stockholm Marathon
Pauline Korikwiang’s long wait To be able to finally announce her marathon debut – and be hours away from running – is something that makes her exceedingly happy, almost emotional. It has been a long arduous journey full of injury setbacks for Pauline Korikwiang to finally get ready to run the marathon distance after a…
A 2-day eye-opening World Athletics Media Development Program in Nairobi, Kenya
It was such a great opportunity for me to be part of a group of journalists that attended a special World Athletics Media Development Program event that happened at the La Mada Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya from the 5th to the 7th of May, 2022. As the Kip Keino Classic World Continental Tour meeting in…
Chepngetich runs historic 2:17:18 to win Nagoya Women’s Marathon
Waking up at night to watch the Nagoya Women’s Marathon did not go to waste as Chepngetich ran another memorable race to win and set a new course record. Below is the story I did about the race for RunBlogRun Waking up early to watch Chepngetich run Kenyan fans are getting used to waking up…
Trying to keep up with Eliud Kipchoge on track during the INEOS 1:59 challenge training
I am deeply indebted to Eliud Kipchoge’s coaches and training group for allowing me to join them in most of their training runs, especially the track intervals. Despite it being such a rare chance, a spectacular experience, and a great learning opportunity, it is obviously not an easy task trying to keep up with this…
Long distance running training in Kenya happens regardless of rain, mud or dust
There are many great stories that come out of running and training in Kenya. Be it getting lost in the forest, being taken on a longer route than you had planned and ending up stopping and asking for help, starting out on a very tough workout with a group, then looking at each other understandingly…
Is it better to be overtrained or undertrained 3 weeks before a marathon?
The last 3 weeks before a marathon race are the most confusing and difficult ones to deal with for many runners. You stop training, you gain weight. You continue training; you feel exhausted on race day. A successful race day depends more on how one balances their training at this stage in order to be…